Hugo Flink (16 August 1879 – 2 May 1947) was an

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. Flink was one of the earliest actors to play Sherlock Holmes on screen. Flink was born in

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and died in

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Selected filmography

* '' The Onyx Head'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * ''

The Salamander Ruby ''The Salamander Ruby'' (German: ''Der Rubin-Salamander'') is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Bruno Decarli, Mechthildis Thein and Hugo Flink.Bock & Töteberg p.26 Cast * Bruno Decarli as Martin Hellberg ...

'' (1918) * '' Out of the Depths'' (1919) * '' Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''

The Love of a Thief ''The Love of a Thief'' (German: ''Brigantenliebe'') is a 1920 German silent adventure film directed by Martin Hartwig and starring Ellen Richter, Hans Adalbert Schlettow and Emil Rameau.Grange p.81 The film's sets were designed by the art d ...

'' (1920) * ''

Princess Woronzoff ''Princess Woronzoff'' (German: ''Die Fürstin Woronzoff'') is a 1920 German silent adventure film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Ellen Richter, Hugo Flink and Rudolf Forster.Bock & Bergfelder p.130 The film's sets were designed by th ...

'' (1920) * '' Va banque'' (1920) * '' The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * ''

The Black Spider ''The Black Spider'' is a novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842. Set in an idyllic frame story, old legends are worked into a Christian-humanist allegory about ideas of good and evil. Though the novel is initially divide ...

'' (1921) * '' The Love Nest'' (1922) * ''

The Sensational Trial ''The Sensational Trial'' (german: Der große Sensationsprozeß) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Karl Freund and starring Erich Kaiser-Titz, Käthe Haack and Heinrich Schroth.Bock & Bergfelder p. 133 The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Stolen Professor ''The Stolen Professor'' (German: ''Der gestohlene Professor'') is a 1924 German silent film directed by Emil Justitz and starring Olaf Fjord, Camilla von Hollay and Kläre Grieger.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 8'' p.439 T ...

'' (1924) * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1925) * '' Children of No Importance'' (1926) * '' People to Each Other'' (1926) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1926) * ''

Bismarck 1862–1898 ''Bismarck'' or ''Bismarck 1862–1898'' is a 1927 German silent historical film directed by Kurt Blachy and starring Franz Ludwig, Robert Leffler and Erna Morena. It was made as a follow-up to the 1925 film '' Bismarck'' which had also starre ...

'' (1927) * '' Two Under the Stars'' (1927) * '' Lord of the Night'' (1927) * '' The Gypsy Chief'' (1929) * '' Crime Reporter Holm'' (1932) * ''

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

'' (1931) * '' The Secret of Johann Orth'' (1932) * '' Things Are Getting Better Already'' (1932) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1932) * '' Waltz War'' (1933) * '' Little Man, What Now?'' (1933) * '' A Woman With Power of Attorney'' (1934) * '' Last Stop'' (1935) * ''

Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! ''Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne!'' (german: Nur nicht weich werden, Susanne!) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Arzén von Cserépy, and starring Jessie Vihrog, Veit Harlan, and Willi Schur. Plot The film takes place in the film milieu towards ...

'' (1935) * ''

If It Were Not for Music ''Wenn die Musik nicht wär'' (English: ''If It Were Not for Music'') is a 1935 German drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Paul Hörbiger, Willi Schaeffers and Ida Wüst. The film was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. It ...

'' (1935) * ''

My Life for Maria Isabella ''My Life for Maria Isabella'' (German: ''Mein Leben für Maria Isabell'') is a 1935 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Viktor de Kowa, Maria Andergast and Peter Voß. It is a military drama, the Maria Isabella of the title ...

'' (1935) * ''

Family Parade ''Family Parade'' (german: Familienparade) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Ernst Dumcke, Curd Jürgens and Amanda Lindner. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.68 The film's sets were desig ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Impossible Woman ''The Impossible Woman'' is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Meyrick Milton and starring Constance Collier, Langhorn Burton and Christine Rayner. It was based on the 1912 novel ''Tante'' by Anne Douglas Sedgwick, and 1916 play of ...

'' (1936) * '' Fridericus'' (1937) * '' Crooks in Tails'' (1937) * '' The Scoundrel'' (1939) * ''

Falstaff in Vienna ''Falstaff in Vienna'' (german: Falstaff in Wien) is a 1940 German musical comedy film directed by Leopold Hainisch and starring Hans Nielsen, Gusti Wolf and Paul Hörbiger.Fawkes p. 110 It portrays the life of the nineteenth century composer Ot ...

'' (1940) * ''

Die goldene Stadt ''Die goldene Stadt'' ( en, The Golden City), is a 1942 German color film directed by Veit Harlan, starring Kristina Söderbaum, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. Plot Anna, a young, innocent country girl (a Sudeten German), whose mother ...

'' (1942) * ''

Romance in a Minor Key ''Romance in a Minor Key'' (german: Romanze in Moll) is a 1943 German historical drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Marianne Hoppe, Paul Dahlke, and Ferdinand Marian. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's ...

'' (1943) * '' Back Then'' (1943) * '' The Bath in the Barn'' (1943)

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* 1879 births 1947 deaths Austrian male stage actors Austrian male film actors Austrian male silent film actors Male actors from Vienna 20th-century Austrian male actors {{Austria-actor-stub